In Santa Anita Las Canoas, the community gathers to honor the victims of the October 1982 massacre. Through prayer and collective remembrance, they keep memory alive year after year. Their shared strength and love for those lost continue to guide the path forward. Photo by NISGUA, October 2025.
Every November 1st, giant kites fill the skies over cemeteries across Guatemala. These barriletes gigantes—intricately decorated with vibrant colors and ancestral symbols—rise as bridges between worlds, carrying messages to those who have passed. In Maya cosmovision, death is not an ending but a continuation, and honoring the dead is an act of resistance.
In a country where impunity tries to bury truth along with bodies, to remember is to fight back. Memory becomes the thread that connects us to those who came before and fuels the struggles that continue today.
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🕯️ Women create a sacred space with flowers, candles, and pine needles. Names are read aloud. Survivors share testimonies. Forty-two years after the scorched earth campaign, Santa Anita Las Canoas dedicates improved alcoves for their murdered comrades. When the justice system offers only impunity, these acts of remembrance from below keep justice alive.
🌱 A hat and boots left behind. Coffee brought to comrades on night shifts. A water plant serving the community daily. Two years after his assassination, family and defenders gather at a water source in Caulote to honor Don Noé—defender against the El Escobal mine who gave everything for land and life. His case remains unsolved, but his legacy flows on.
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